Tea and coffee pot.



C. W. WINCHELL.

TEA AND COFFEE POT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 10, m4.

Patented July 27, 1915.

CHARLES W. WIIFCHELL, 0F GENEVA, NEW YORK.

TEA AND COFFEE POT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1915.

Application filed February 10, 1914. Serial No. 817,881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs W. WIN- CHELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Geneva, in the county of Ontario and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tea and Coffee Pots,of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a tea or coffee pot of a simpleconstruction which can be used either for tea or coffee.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of a teaor coffee pot which includes an inner movable member that is adapted tobe arranged in one position relatively to the pot body when the pot isused for coffee and in another position relatively to the pot body whenthe pot is used for tea, with means for insuring the proper position ofthe inner movable memher with respect to the pot body for the purposesmentioned.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the tea or coffee pot, showingthe position of the inner movable member when the pot is used forcoffee; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the position of the innermovable member when the pot is used for tea; Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse sectional view taken through the coifee pot on the line 33 inFig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on theline 44 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detailed section of the cover. Fig. 6 isa detail perspective view of a portion of the cover.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a body 10 in thenature of a receptacle, and which carries the usual spout 11, handle 12,and swinging cover 13 provided to normally close the body 10. Aplurality of upper and lower openings 14 and 15 respectively are formedin the wall of the body 10 in order to afford communication between theinterior of the body and the spout 11 and the said upper and loweropenings 14 and 15 are preferably covered by suitable strainers 16 and17 respectively.

A substantially circular support 18 is rigidly secured within the body10, a distance from the lower end thereof, and lying within the body 10and rotatably supported on the support 18 is aninner member 19 of asubstantially cylindrical construction, the said member 19 beingprovided with an up per opening 20 adapted for registration with theupper opening 14 and with a lower opposed opening 21 adapted forregistration with the lower opening 15. It will be seen by referring tothe views that the two openlugs 20 and 21 cannot register with therespective openings 14 and 15 at the same time and that when one of theopenings of the member 19 registers with one of the openings of the body10 the other opening of the member 19 will be closed by the wall of thebody 10.

A handle 22 is swingingly supported upon the upper end of the innermember 19, with the said handle adapted to project laterally through arecess 23 formed in the cover 13 of the body 10 so that the handle willlie exteriorly of the body and cover. A stop flange 24 projects upwardlyfrom the upper end of the body 10 in diametrical relation to the handle22, and the said stop flange 24 is also adapted to project into a recess25 formed in the cover 13 and in diametrical relation to the recess 23.It will now be seen that when the handle 22 and stop flange 24 projectinto recesses 23 and 25 respectively any turning movement of the innermember will be prevented and the said inner member will be lockedrelatively to the body when the cover 13 is in closed position on thebody. By simply raising the cover a slight distance and grasping thehandle 22 it will be apparent that the inner member can be rotatedwithin the body so as to bring the upper opening 20 or lower opening 21into registration with the upper or lower openings 14 and 15,respectively, of the body 10.

It should be strictly noted that when the pot described is used forcoffee the upper opening 14 is employed to establish communicationbetween the interior of the pot and the spout, and, therefore, it isnecessary to rotate the inner member 19 until the upper opening 20thereof registers with the upper opening 14. When this is done, it willbe apparent that the lower opening 15 of the body 10 will be closed bythe wall of the inner member 19 and the lower opening 21 of the member19 will be closed by the wall of the body 10 so that the only exit forthe coffee which is subsequently brewed in the pot will be through theregistering open- I body 10 by providing the handle and stop flange 24,fitting into the respective recesses 23 and of the cover. Now if it isde sired to use the pot for tea, the cover 13 is first-raised and thenby grasping the handle 22 and rotating the inner member 19 the same willbe positioned with respect to the body so that the lower opening 21 ofthe member'will register with the lower opening 15 of the body, thusclosing the upper opening 14 of the body and the upper opening 14 ofthemember'19, as shown. The tea is now made in the usual manner and ispoured through the registering openings 15 and 21, of which the opening15 is covered by the strainer 17 so that the tea will be properlystrained as it passes from the interior of the body into the spout.

It will be apparent that the strainers 16 Q and 17 can be of difierentsizes in that the strainer 16 will be of a fine mesh in order toproperly strain the coffee and the strainer 17 can be of a coarser meshfor properly straining the tea without preventing its proper flowfrom'the body into the spout. By having the coflee exit or opening 14through whichthe coffee flows near the upper end of the body, the saidexit for the coffee from the body to the spout will not become. cloggedby the cofiee grounds and which settle to the bottom of the coffee pot.In the event that tea is brewed in the pot, itis advisable to have theopening near the bottom; as in the instance shown when the opening 15constitutes the eXit for the tea, for the reason that the tea leavestending to float will not hamper theproper pouring of thetea from thepot when the tea ismade.

'- From the foregoing construction it will be seen that the devicedescribed is of a simple construction, consists of few parts, can beCopies of this patent may be obtained for readily cleaned and is readilyadaptable for use in making tea or colfce.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a tea or coffee pot, the combination with a body having upper andlower openings common to the interior of the body, of a spout carried bythe body and with which the openings communicate, said openings beingcommon to the interior of the spout, a member movably carried within thepot and provided with a plurality of opposed upper and lower openings soarranged that one of the openings of the said member will be out ofregistration with one of the openings of the pot when the other openingof the said member is in registration with the other opening of the pot,and means on the member and movable therewith to be associated with thebody whereby to lock the member rigidly against movement relatively tothe body.

2. In a tea or coffee pot, the combination with a body having superposedopenings common to the interior of the body, of a spout on the body andhaving the openings common to the interior thereof, a member movablewithin the body and having superposed openings arranged relatively tothe openings in the body, whereby when one of the openings of the memberis out of registration with one of the openings of the body, the otheropening of the member will be in registration with the other opening ofthe body, a handle projecting from the member and passing through arecess in the body, and a stop lug projecting from the body and adaptedto be engaged by the handle to ]limit the rotation of the member withinthe Iii testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES W. VVINOHELL.

\Vitnesses ARTHUR HAMLING, T. MAKING.

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